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BOTANY. 



PEPO. The pepo is an indehiscent, fleshy fruit, with 

 seeds borne on parietal placentae, and with the epicarp 



more or less thickened and 

 hardened. (Example, squash.) 

 POME is the term applied 

 to a fleshy, indehiscent, sev- 

 eral-celled fruit, with a leath- 

 ery, or cartilaginous, endocarp, 

 inclosed by the calyx-tube. 

 Figs. 338 and 339 are trans- 

 verse and vertical sections of 

 a pome. (Example, apple and 



FIG. 337- P ear ') 



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FIG. 338. 



FIG. 339. 



FIG. 340. 



DRUPE (example, peach or 

 cherry) is a pulpy, indehiscent, 

 one-celled, one or two seeded 

 fruit, with a succulent or fibrous 

 epicarp, and hard, stony, dis- 

 tinct endocarp (Figs. 340 and 



If you have blackberries, 

 raspberries, and the like, among 

 your fruits, compare one of the FlG 341> 



little cells of which they are 



formed with this definition of a drupe. To one or other 

 of these classes vou should be able to refer any form of 

 indehiscent juicy fruit. 



